Affiliation
bowen@um.edu.mo
Tel
+853 8822 8323
Office
Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)
University of Macau
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao
Humanities & Social Sciences Building (E21B), 4048
Consultation Hours
Personal Website
Bo WEN 文博
Associate Professor
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management, University of Southern California (USC), US (2018)
Graduate Certificate in Digital Media and Culture, University of Southern California (USC), US (2018)
Master of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), US (2013)
BA in Communication and Journalism, Shenzhen University, China (2011)
Research Interests
Organization Theory and Behavior
Public Personnel Management
Policy Implementation
Chinese Politics
Regulatory Governance
Civic Engagement
Teaching Areas
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Ding, F.#, Wen, B.*, & Shon, J. (2023). Frontline Bureaucratic Attitude toward Administrative Integration: Does Organizational Configuration Matter? Administration & Society. Online first (DOI: 10.1177/00953997231165995). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 18/49]
Tao, L.#, Liang, H., Wen, B., & Huang, T. (2022). Between Nature and Nurture: The Genetic Overlap between Psychological Attributes and Selection into Public Service Employment. Public Administration Review. Online first (DOI: 10.1111/puar.13582). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 2/49]
Li, M., Wen, B.*, & Hsieh, C. W. (2022). Understanding the Role Reward Types Play in Linking Public Service Motivation to Task Satisfaction: Evidence from An Experiment in China. International Public Management Journal, 25(2), 300-319. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 20/49]
Chen, W., Dong, B.#, Hsieh, C. W., Lee, M. J., Liu, N., Walker, R. M., Wang, Y.#, Wen, B., Wen, W.#, Wu, P., Wu, X.#, & Zhang, J. (2022). A Replication of “An Experimental Test of the Expectancy‐Disconfirmation Theory of Citizen Satisfaction”. Public Administration. Online first (DOI: 10.1111/padm.12860). [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 11/49]
Wen, B.*, & Tao, L.# (2022). Public Service Motivation in the Chinese Context: Theory Construction and Workplace Consequences [中国情境下公共服务动机的理论构建与绩效转换机制]. Advances in Psychological Science [心理科学进展], 30(2), 239-254. [CSSCI-listed #: Psychology, 2/7]
Zhu, J., & Wen, B.* (2022). Trace the Money, Seize the Fugitives: China’s Other Anticorruption Battle. Journal of Contemporary China. Online first (DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2022.2031006). [SSCI-listed #: Area Studies, 2/80]
Wang, B., & Wen, B. (2021). The Spatial Distribution of Businesses and Neighborhoods: What Industries Match or Mismatch What Neighborhoods? Habitat International, 117, 102440. [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 5/42]
Wen, B.* (2020). Old Problems and New Dilemmas: The Conundrum of Environmental Management Reform in China. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 22(2), 281-299. [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 8/41]
Wen, B.*, Tang, S. Y., & Lo, C. W. H. (2020). Changing Levels of Job Satisfaction among Local Environmental Enforcement Officials in China. The China Quarterly, 241, 112-143. [SSCI-listed #: Area Studies, 3/77]
Li, H., Wen, B., & Cooper, T. L. (2019). What Makes Neighbourhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence from Neighbourhood Council Boards in Los Angeles. The American Review of Public Administration, 49(8), 931-943. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 18/48]
Resh, W. G., Marvel, J. D., & Wen, B. (2019). Implicit and Explicit Motivation Crowding in Prosocial Work. Public Performance & Management Review, 42(4), 889-919. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 32/48]
Resh, W. G., Marvel, J. D., & Wen, B. (2018). The Persistence of Prosocial Work Effort as a Function of Mission Match. Public Administration Review, 78(1), 116-125. [SSCI-listed #: Public Administration, 2/47]
Refereed Commentaries and Review Essays
Tao, L.#, & Wen, B.* (2022). Behavioral Genetics: A Novel Perspective and Approach for Behavioral Public Administration Research [行为遗传学：行为公共管理研究的新视角与新路径]. Journal of Public Administration [公共行政评论], 5, 182-195. [CSSCI-listed #: Politics, 8/39]
Guo, S., Wen, B.*, & Wong, N. W. M. (2022). Handling in the Frontline: A Case Study of “Whistle Gathering” in Beijing. Public Administration and Development. Online first (DOI: 10.1002/pad.1975). [SSCI-listed #: Development Studies, 31/42]
Wen, B.*, Tang, S. Y., & Tao, L.# (2020). How Governance Shapes Emergency Management: China’s Mixed Records in Responding to COVID-19. Chinese Public Administration Review, 11(2), 122-131. [ESCI-listed #: Public Administration, 19/36]
Refereed Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters
Tang, N.#, Tao, L.#, Wen, B.*, & Lu, Z. (2022, April). Dare to Dream, Dare to Livestream: How E-Commerce Livestreaming Empowers Chinese Rural Women. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 29–May 05, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. Online first (DOI: 10.1145/3491102.3517634).
Tang, S. Y., & Wen, B. 2020. Beyond Governance for Economic Growth: Understanding Incentive Distortions in the Chinese Bureaucracy. Chapter 6 (pp. 96-121), Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China. Zang, X. & Chan, H. S. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.